there by malkin. >> doc: that's why dan bylsma is wanting to know more. and kevin pollock is telling him. follow-through is not a penalty. but the reckless use pierre talked about is. 2:25 to go. shot by timonen, ricocheted off fleury. and kicked wide. held now by giroux. the pass is blocked. held by timonen. fed over to giroux. to the side of the net, oh, it couldn't go! >> pierre: off the post, doc. far post. >> doc: still they battle. that may have gone off simmonds. they'll have to chase it down. >> pierre: he's become a burr in the side of marc-andre fleury. he's driving him nuts. fleury is fighting him off.

>> doc: 1:20 to go. the goaltender was about to shed off, bryzgalov, he heads back. extra attacker. off a stick, and wide. and gotten by couturier. four defenders and fleury for the penguins. six attackers for the flyers. trying to tie it up. fleury, letang played it on. bouncer went away from meszaros. able to takex#ñ it, giroux, awa from adams. back and recovered. helter skelter here! 40 to go on the power play. 1:05 left in the game. block bid the pens. sent by giroux. forced away by orpik. a stoppage of play. a penalty call. >> pierre: this is the rule i was talking about, letang -- i'm sorry. they're not calling letang.

simmonds furious coming off the ice. they're calling skr ining girou trip. there's letang, playing the puck with his hand, but he never closes. that trip there catches the referee's eyes. wow. i'm not sure the flyers faithful will like that one at all. >> doc: bryzgalov is back in the cage. it's a goalie and four apiece. 1:02 to go. and a time-out has been called. 35 seconds of four each. >> pierre: a one-goal lead in philadelphia. on the power play, chaud injula giroux, off the post. giroux sees the stick of simmonds. and there's later on, how he's

driving fleury nuts. simmonds. all over the crease area. by the way, congratulations to thomas holmstrom. recently retired. what a career he had. a lot of players have tried to copy his style, wayne simmonds one of them. >> doc: he'll be saluted this detroit before the home opener. >> pierre: what a game sutter's played in his first ever regular season game for the penguins. power on power on face-offs. he's made things happen because of his grit. >> doc: with couturier. popped along. back to timonen. under the away from the forechecking sutter. taken on by brayden schenn. out to center. 25 from now, a pittsburgh power play to the last 20 seconds.

letang able to play on to sutter. he's hit. across to paul martin. walked on out to center. the net is open. played off the boards. doubling back now is couturier. seven from now, malkin will be out of the penalty box. half a minute to go, regulation. the play off hartnell, carried on by brayden schenn. and offsides is called. >> pierre: these two teams will play five times. four more after this. the next one -- every one of those games is must-watch tv. the pressure and play here in philadelphia has been outstanding. everybody's been great. >> doc: it's been riveting to watch. reminiscent in the way it went in the short season, the energy was remarkable. some of those passes not necessary. but they were. boy, the energy that these teams have brought is remarkable.

this play ricocheted on back. the net is empty. shovelled by kunitz and in! chris kunitz into the empty net. the penguins have a two-goal lead. and barring any kind of unusual thing they will start out with two points and the flyers with none. a real good job of the pittsburgh penguin defensemen standing up in the neutral zone. a great play by martin with a skate, up to kunitz. university of minnesota and ferris state frto the back of t net. good day for the penguins. they've done a nice job here today. the flyers played a great game here this afternoon. >> doc: after a slow start, they are rebounded well. the horn sounds. the pittsburgh penguins have won

8 of 12 regular season games here in philadelphia. marc-andre fleury, win 227. that is a franchise record for the penguins. final score in the game, penguins, 3, flyers, 1. tomorrow, don't miss the nml game of t -- nhl game of the week. the flyers go to buffalo the play the sabers. coming up next except on the west coast, it's your local new. at 8:00, deception, then chicago fire and law & order. an all-new saturday night live with host jennifer lawrence at 11:30. jer rye the only goal for philadelphia. 3-1, pittsburgh, the final.

inauguration weekend is finally here f you've been around town today, you know. the roads and trains packed with people and organizers are very busy, too, making all the last-minute preparations before the big day on monday. good evening, everyone. we have everything you need to know to get you through this weekend. team coverage throughout the district tonight from the first inaugural parties to the forecast for all the festivities. but this inauguration weekend started with a day of service to honor dr. martin luther king jr. president and mrs. obama rolled up their sleeves today with 500 volunteers at an elementary school in northeast. vice president joe biden and his wife jill prepared care packages at the national guard armory for u.s. troops and first responders. on the national mall, a day of service summit just wrapped up a f few minutes ago. >> jim, darkness is set unwilling here now on the

national mall. but today volunteers in the big white tent behind me were lighting up the place. thousands of people poured through the national day of service tent headquarters already to volunteer like jennifer artist and her two sons of little river, maryland. >> it's important to have my children with me because they get to see the importance of serving others. and we're also celebrating martin luther king's day and this is something that he would want us to do as well. >> how about 100 public and private, local and national groups of all types offered volunteer encouragement. what is best buddies? >> best buddies creates opportunities for friendships and employment for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. >> hi. >> chelsea clinton left the tent to sack groceries for seniors, a project at friendship collegiate academy in northeast where 92% go on to college. big crowds also visited t king

memorial ready to volunteer back home like detroit. >> i do volunteer in detroit. i'm part of a mentoring group. and we collect money throughout the year to give to four different charities in detroit. >> reporter: back in the tent, delaware attorney general beau biden, son of the vice president, put the whole day in perspective. >> a lot of people focus on vifgss in this country. reality is more people are volunteering on -- for this country and all over the country on any given day in our nation's history. >> reporter: many people here inside the tent were signing pledges to volunteer throughout the year, not just for one day. live on the national mall, tom sherwood, news 4. >> all right, tom. thank you so much. it's getting crowded in d.c. if you were out today, you may have noticed a few more people on the roads or riding metro. traffic's only expected to get worse. starting early monday morning, the memorial bridge and many streets around capitol hill will be closed. news 4's derrick ward explains the best way to get around on

monday and how security is getting ready from the inauguration. >> reporter: pennsylvania avenue traffic will give way to the precision and pageantry of a parade with hundreds of thousands coming to see. >> it's an all hands on deck day for us. >> metro is ready to doits part. we'll be opening three hours early at 4:00 a.m. we'll be running 17 consecutive hours of rush hour service levels. so until 9:00 p.m. for rush hour service. >> reporter: if you're coming by metro, plan ahead. now is not too soon to get your fare car loaded with enough money to get you there and back. metro suggests you get to your spot early and leave the same way you came. okay, so you made it. you followed all the rules. you took metro. you have a prime spot on the parade route. are you going to be safe when you get here? well, it's just as much planning that went into that. rocky del monica is a former

secret service agent who is now vice president for university safety at georgetown. >> we plan for the worst, we hope for the best. >> reporter: and what's the best case, strictly from a security standpoi standpoint? >> we have a saying, our job would be much easier if we just put them in a tank 1,000 yards from everybody and have them speak and wave at everybody. >> reporter: but not in our democracy. yes, there is a conspicuous military presence, more than 6,000 guardsmen, some from the area, others from as far away as wisconsin augmenting police. there is a balance to be struck. >> part of the office of president is going ahead and pressing the flesh with the people. >> reporter: and with hundreds of thousands expected to attend, there will be a lot of that. derrick ward, news 4. the president's new d.c. plates debuted to day. taxation without representation plates are now on all presidential vehicles. this change comes after a group submitted a petition to the white house. the white house officials says the switch symbolizes the president's support of d.c. voting rights. it was a perfect day out

there today. will we have the same luck when the real party gets under way on monday? that's the question. and i'm afraid to hear the answer. our meteorologist is here with a look at the inauguration forecast. chuck? >> don't fear the inauguration day forecast just yet. it is going to be chilly, i can give that you much for now. i think it's going to be on the whole a usable outdoor weather day. boy, what a winter turned in to be outside today. current temperatures are still in bonus territory. upper 40s to near 50 degrees still. still 50 in fredericksburg. 49 in washington. no rain today. a perfectly clear sky from start to finish. the clear skies are going to go through the remainder of your saturday evening. temperatures in the mid to upper 40s. back into the upper 30s and low 40s as we get towards 10:00, 11:00 midnight time frame under a generally clear sky. that is not all that cold by january stands arards. there is one part of the inauguration forecast you'll want to pay close attention to,

jim. that is the opportunity for a few snow flurries late in the day ahead of arctic, arctic air. we'll talk about that with the seven day. >> yikes. okay, thanks, chuck. the formal festivities for barack obama's second inauguration get under way tomorrow. tonight, it's all about the fun and it's all about kids. darcy spencer is live at the convention center downtown tonight where the kids inaugural concert is just getting under way. darcy? >> reporter: jim, i've been out here for a while. i was hoping to catch a glimpse of some of the stars who are expected to perform tonight. no such luck on my part. but i was able to talk to some of the people going to the event tonight. thousands of military members, family and friends are expected to attend the invitation only event, officially called the kids inaugural, our children, our future. this military family came from charlottesville. >> i think it's a great opportunity for my family, something for my kids have been looking forward to all week. so we're just happy to be here. >> we're here as a family.

there are lot of opportunities given to service families and members that we don't goat go to together. it's great to celebrate that. we have military kids and they're here to celebrate the inauguration. it's a once in a lifetime chance for them. >> reporter: it's a star studded vent. katie perry and singers from glee will be here. >> how did you score the tickets? >> my good grades and high grade point average. >> these sisters got tickets from friends. nar town from texas for inauguration weekend. >> it's going to be amazing. we're so blessed to have this and have amazing friends in the military. we're from san antonio, texas which is a huge military city. we have great friends here. yeah, very blessed. >> reporter: the event is being hosted by first lady michelle obama and dr. jill biden. it's going on right now. we'll be watching it over the next several hours. reporting live, darcy spencer, news 4. >> love that guy with the bow tie and good grade point average g for him. our coverage of the inauguration weekend is just getting started. if you took part in any of

today's day of service events, share your photos. we'll show them. and for all road closures and travel information, visit nbcwashington.com/inauguration and click on our locals guide. baseball, remembering the earl of baltimore today. a look back at the fiery, irreverant career of an oriole legend. >> reporter: i'm jackie benson with so many inauguration visitors in town, there is concern about a homicide here in a well travelled section of georgia avenue. i'll have that story coming up. >> and we'll introduce you to two very special service members getting ready to

sad day for baseball fans, especially in baltimore. earl weaver died last night. jason pugh is here now with more on quite a character. >> yeah, this was a great man. not only on the field but also off the field. one of the legends of the sport. when you talk about the name earl weaver, everyone around the baseball world knew you were talking about one of the best managers in the big leagues. today the hall of famer passed away at the age of 82. weaver was known throughout baltimore as the duke of earl. he was also a baseball legend, assuming 1,480 wins throughout

his career. he was a three time manager of the year. he managed the orioles for 17 years. he took the organization to the world series four times, winning the fall classic in 1970. he was inducted to the baseball hall of fame in 1996 and was known throughout the sport as an innovator. weaver was also known for his temper and famous arguments with umpires. he once was ejected in both games of a doubleheader. he passed away while on a cruise sponsored by the orioles. his cause of death is yet to be determined. a great, great man. baseball sorely going to miss him. >> truly a legend. thank you, jason. >> other news now, an investigation tonight into a deadly shooting near howard university. police are trying to figure out what led to the confrontation. news 4's jackie benson live in northwest tonight to explain what happened. jackie? >> reporter: good evening. this is one of the areas of the city that is receiving extra police patrols because of inauguration weekend. but this homicide is not

believed to be connected to any inauguration weekend celebration or event. police were called about 2:30 this morning after someone called 911 to report hearing gun shots. the location is directly across the street from howard university dormitory and students walk up and down the block at all hours. the victim, 44-year-old tracy mcfadden was shot several times and collapsed on the sidewalk. he was pronounced dead at a local hospital a short time later. homicide detectives and officials from the city's alcoholic beverage regulation agency question employees at chuck and billies. they found no evidence that the shooting was connected to any type of disagreement there and an employee tells news 4 he does not remember seeing the victim in the establishment that evening. and, again, short time ago i talked to a witness, someone who was present out here that night. they say that they do not believe that this man was inside

any bar or restaurant along here. that he was walking on the street when he was shot several times. reporting live from northwest washington, jackie benson, news 4. still ahead right here, two people who may be more nervous than the president about inauguration day. meet the service members who will dance with the commander in chief and first lady during the inaugural ball. plus, chuck has the latest on monday's frst and when it's

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a three day siege at a natural gas complex in algeria ended with more bloodshed today. that's according to the algerian interior ministry. they sent its own special forces into the complex killing 32 islamic militants. 23 more hostages also died. several foreign workers at the plant are still unaccounted for tonight. authorities are checking the complex for booby traps. hundreds honored martin luther king today at the annual peace and freedom walk in southeast. that event split into two marches, the freedom march across the frederick douglas bridge and the peace march led people up martin luther king avenue to shepard park. the annual event serves as a reminder of king's contribution to the country. >> he would be happy that people are continuing his legacy and the opportunity we have at least

once a year to remember the principle for which he stood. >> there was a rally in shepard park after the march. and besides honoring king's legacy, speakers tagged issues facing d.c. residents. members of the u.s. military will help the first family dance their way into their second term of the white house. a staff sergeant from the u.s. air force will have the honor of dancing with the commander in chief and a gunnery sergeant from the u.s. marines will dance with first lady michelle obama. both say they're very excited but also a little nervous. >> i'm excited but i'm nervous as well. i'll be in front of millions of people dancing. i'll do my best. >> i was kind of surprised when i first put my name in the hat, i really didn't expect to be selected. so when they said it was going to be me, i was quite surprised. >> two other service members have also been selected. they'll dance with joe biden and his wife jill.

so we hope they have done a lot of practicing. >> nice day outside. >> can we clone sflit. >> we can carbon copy it for one more day, that will be tomorrow. monday is still a little bit iffy around here. winter is on its way back. it starts to arrive hard core monday afternoon. that means you have to enjoy tomorrow as much as can you. it should be every bit as nice as today was. outside, a very clear sky. temperatures made it into the mid and low 50s. officially down at national airport, high temperature 54 after a 33-degree start. so today another mild day. today was eight degrees warmer than average. so far for the whole month of january, 6 degrees warmer than average. that surplus of warmth will not be lasting for too much longer.

for now, tomorrows still in the upper 40s. 48 in national airport. there is that south breeze. still averaging 12 miles an hour. winds will be out of the south, 5 to 15 miles an hour tonight f you're on your way out, now that the sun's gone dn, temperatures will trend downward. there will be a little bit of a chill out. there certainly not all that bitter cold. the bitter cold, that is coming. you need to be ready for it. overnight lows tonight, back down only into the low and mid 30s. 34 in town. 37 bay side. so not terribly cold to get your day started tomorrow. nothing coming in on doppler now. windy and much colder around the great lakes. those are wind advisories that extend from northern vermont all the way back out to southern minnesota. a lot of wind and a lot of cold air. that's all moving its way in our direction. our weather really starts to change as we go through the day on monday. tonight, clear skies and quiet outside. and another nice day coming tomorrow. out ahead of the first leading edge of the cooler air.